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Director/Writer

Erin Doyle Cooper is a screenwriter, director, and creative-turned-commercial director who makes character driven, cross-genre films that challenge the status quo. Her shorts have been selected at major fests including the Oscar-Qualifying Atlanta, Cleveland, Cinequest, Indy Shorts, and HollyShorts Film Festivals, and Believe Her, starring Allison Tolman, won Best Global Short: Narrative at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Her most recent short, a cringe comedy called Donor, was completed in early 2024.

Major brand work includes directing the multiple award-winning #NoApologiesPeriod campaign for Midol, and a two year stint in-house at Pepsi, where she and a partner led advertising creative for Lady Gaga’s Halftime Show and the Super Bowl spot starring Cindy Crawford. In addition to a BFA in Acting from SUNY Buffalo, she studied classical acting at LAMDA and sketch/improv at UCB. She lives in LA, and recently completed the Women in Film Mentoring Program.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Allison Tolman is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actress who successfully avoided actually making a living in the field until the fall of 2013, when she landed a seminal role in FX’s Fargo. Her performance as Molly Solverson put her on the map and garnered her a Critic’s Choice Award.  Born in Houston, Texas- Allison holds a BFA in theatrical performance from Baylor University. After graduation, she moved to Dallas where she helped found and foster the independent, ensemble-based, non-profit Second Thought Theatre- while also learning that being an adult is super hard.  In 2009, she relocated to Chicago and was accepted into Second City's Conservatory Training Program. 

In 2022 she wrote and directed her first short film, Pick Me Up.  While she continues to act, Tolman plans to focus heavily on writing, producing, and directing moving forward.  Tolman currently lives in Hollywood with a toothless cat named Bud who enjoys sleeping in the sun and sneezing directly into her face. Other notable acting roles include Natalie in The Facts of Life, Live! and Mary Pat in Good Girls, Alma in Why Women Kill,. Her new show St. Denis Medical premieres November 12 on NBC.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Demi Waldron is a director of photography based in Los Angeles, with roots in rural South Carolina. A background in fine art and documentary informs their naturalistic approach to narrative cinematography. Most recently, they lensed a black and white period horror titled The Thaw, which premiered at Fantastic Fest, as well as an episode of Hulu’s Taste the Nation. Films lensed by Demi have played at Outfest, FilmQuest, Cannes Lions, Indy Shorts, Atlanta Film Fest, Cinequest, and HollyShorts. Demi is an associate member of the Society of Camera Operators. They hold a BFA in film and television from Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2022, they were selected as a member of AFI’s Cinematography Intensive for Women.

COSTUME DESIGNER/CONSULTANT: THE MOTHER

Leah Mata Fragua is a member of the yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini (the people of tiłhini) Northern Chumash Tribe, located on the Central California Coast. Leah is an Institute of American Indian Arts professor in the Indigenous Liberal Studies department. Leah also works as a contemporary artist creating through traditional practices, focused on living forms of regalia and jewelry while building ongoing traditions in California Indian arts. Her work as a place-based artist is grounded in an understanding of the past, which is interdependent with the future, and her relationship with her homelands. Mata Fragua has earned top honors such as the Autry Indian Market 2012 - Best in Diverse Cultural Arts, Heard Museum Fair 2013, 2016 - First Place, 2018 Best of Classification in Personal Attire. Santa Fe Indian Market 2018 Personal Attire- Second Place. In 2011, Leah was awarded the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship and was selected as a Master Artist recipient for the Alliance of California Traditional Arts (ACTA) in 2013. Most recently, Mata Fragua is the 2020 Barbra Dobkin Fellow at the School of Advanced Research. Leah’s education, which includes a B.A. in Anthropology and an M.A. in Cultural Sustainability, has afforded her access to various collections and archives, furthering her understanding of the technical and material expertise of yak tityu tityu (The People) and resisting the hindered access for community members whose relatives’ works are held in academic collections. Unlike other mediums, most of the materials needed to create traditional Northern Chumash material culture are site-specific and can require years of planning to complete each piece. The importance of gathering materials seasonally and with respect for the limits of each environment, even before they can be processed and then used, is a practice she engages in collaboration with her homeland and her family. Leah is committed to environmental issues that directly impact the ability to gather materials needed to sustain her artistic practice. Finding ways to ensure each generation can sustain these art forms is an integral part of Mata Fragua’s process, allowing her to incorporate her artistic practice with her intention as an educator, researcher, and community member.

COMPOSER

Jessica Rae Huber is a film and television composer who has written music for hundreds of episodes of television, feature films, production libraries, trailers, and podcasts. She is also frequently recruited to write additional music for other composers across many genres and types of media. Her work can be heard on shows such as The Walking Dead, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Outlander, and Black Sails.

"ROSE WALTERS"

Christy St. John just got murdered on NCIS: Los Angeles! She's also known for playing Allie VanLandingham in HBO’s The Sex Lives of College Girls, girl-next-door Susie in The Christmas Chronicles 2 starring Kurt Russell, scientist Elle in Twitch’s Emmy award winning Artificial, ditzy waitress Karen in Bounce TV’s In The Cut, and type-A Chelsea in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Interview, which she also co-wrote. She trained at Carnegie Mellon University and currently teaches branding for actors at Robert D’Avanzo Studios.

www.christystjohn.com

"MINNIE WALTERS"

After shooting a string of great commercials including spots and print campaigns for Target and eBay, Lorelei Olivia Mote jumped right into the TV/Film world without missing a beat. Her most recent theatrical credits include playing Young Daisy in Daisy Jones in the Six, a co-star on American Horror Stories, and an awesome leading role in a kids' adventure movie called Riddle Of Fire, which premiered at Cannes. Catch her in theaters this November in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

"THE MOTHER"

Claudia is of of Indigenous American, Hispanic, and European American heritage. She grew up in Hawaii on Oahu’s western country hillside among the sugar cane fields and red dirt hills of Makakilo.

A love of acting emerged through a childhood watching Japanese Kabuki theatre and cultural children’s theatre performances. She studied both mediums of storytelling at the University of Hawaii, and later went on to earn an MFA in acting from the USC School of Dramatic Arts. TV credits include the Emmy-winning comedy series The Kominsky Method, and on the long-standing television drama, Hawaii Five-O.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER/ "WILLIAM WALTERS"

Will is an actor, improvisor, writer, and horror film fanatic. Major credits include Modern Love opposite Olivia Cooke, The Last OG opposite Tiffany Haddish, and Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It. He studied improv at UCB for far too many years, and performed with the likes of Will Hines, Jordan Klepper, and Rebecca Drysdale. He has a BA in Theatre from Mississippi State, and has taken acting classes with Terry Schreiber, Annie Grindlay, and currently studies at Robert D’Avanzo Studios. He lives in LA with his wife Erin and Norwich Terrier, Mimsy.